For about ten years now Merck prepares a showcase of 3 to 5 drugs in Stage III and in the end the all seem to flame out for some reason. Sometimes they just don't get approval, sometimes the sales don't equal the cost of research and then there seems to be always one that has serious side effect and the law suits begin. Every December like Santa Clause Merck pulls out this dog and pony show and by January of next year the slide begins. Merck hits bottom, pulls new rabbits out of it's research filess, starts touting the drugs and the process begins all over again until December report -- this time we are really really really going to have a blockbuster. The thing that ends busted is the investor.

3:03 pm December 11, 2007

anonymous wrote :

note to Merck==Not...Gardasil, projected $3 Billion in sales next year, already hit $1 Billion this year = Blockbuster. get a clue. Merck is taking the vaccine world by storm, while other companies are scrambling to buy smaller biotechs to fill their anemic pipelines.

3:37 pm December 11, 2007

Anonymous wrote :

biotech like vaccines are good products, but it is not enough to feed a pharma giant like merck. it should not be long for other people to make similar products like gardasil, and vaccines are just one time deal/sale. Who takes the same vaccine every day or every month?

4:37 pm December 11, 2007

Tom B wrote :

"For about ten years now Merck prepares a showcase of 3 to 5 drugs in Stage III and in the end the all seem to flame out for some reason."

Sometimes it is the FDA who screws up. The FDA should not have pulled VIOXX; the benefits clearly outweigh the extremely rare risks.

5:52 pm December 11, 2007

Anonymous wrote :

however you need to show the public/FDA the wonder of vioxx otherwise they will keep pounding you for ever.

7:40 pm December 11, 2007

Statjunkie wrote :

Merck - a field of Egotistical blowhards, methinks

9:46 am December 12, 2007

Occam's Pendulum wrote :

To Tom B:

The FDA didn't pull Vioxx; Merck did.

11:24 pm December 15, 2007

Anonymous wrote :

Statjunkie: Please go earn an education. Learn how to use a newspaper. Then, look at Occam's Pendulum's wonderful post.

10:59 am April 25, 2008

StarAnna wrote :

Is Taranbant still ont he market? I didnt think it was...

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